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Akash Sharma

Founder

Founder at Vellum

New York, New York, United States

FoundedVellum · YC

About

Akash Sharma spent five years at McKinsey's Silicon Valley office before working at Dover (YC S19) for over two years, where he and his co-founders built production applications of large language models. He is now co-founder of Vellum, which provides MLOps tooling for language models.

Founder at VellumYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Akash went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Vellum's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Akash can intro founders to Vellum's investors below.

Vellum's investors · 5

Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksRebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksSocii CapitalSan FranciscoTwenty Two VenturesPalo Alto · $50K – $250K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Vellum

SSSidd Seethepalli
Sidd SeethepalliFounder
NFNoa Flaherty
Noa FlahertyFounder

Experience

  1. VellumCEO and Foundercurrent2023 — presentNew York, NY
  2. DoverProduct Manager2022
  3. DoverBusiness Operations Lead2020 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
  4. McKinsey & CompanyEngagement Manager2018 — 2020
  5. McKinsey & CompanyConsultant2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Temasek HoldingsPrivate Equity2015

Skills & more

Research20Data Analysis12Fundraising3Teamwork3Public Speaking18Analysis4Management2Microsoft Office19Microsoft Excel12Microsoft Word8PowerPoint4

Languages English · Hindi

From Akash's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Akash Sharma?
Akash Sharma spent five years at McKinsey's Silicon Valley office before working at Dover (YC S19) for over two years, where he and his co-founders built production applications of large language models. He is now co-founder of Vellum, which provides MLOps tooling for language models.
Where does Akash Sharma work?
Akash Sharma is Founder of Vellum.
What companies did Akash Sharma found?
Akash Sharma founded Vellum.
Where did Akash Sharma go to school?
Akash Sharma studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research).

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